Suspect confesses to killing Mahaicony businesswoman in 2016

Davanand Rampersaud

One of the suspects charged with the killing of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali in 2016 yesterday admitted to committing the act.

Davanand Rampersaud, 27, yesterday confessed in the High Court to the killing of Ali, who was 56 years old. Rampersaud had been charged with murder and made his first court appearance in October 2016. He, however, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.

Rampersaud was charged along with a 16-year-old boy, who was 14 years at the time of the murder. The charged alleged that between October 15th and October 17th, 2016 at Lot 4 Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, they unlawfully killed Ali.